When William Sights was born on 16 September 1806, in Coon Island, Donegal Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Sights, was 32 and his mother, Jane Frazier Sights, was 30. He married Martha Ann Sarchet in 1830, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 September 1853, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Lee, Iowa, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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